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(Anglesey), 23i-d ; pair seen (female sliot), Margam MarsLea 



(Glamorgan), first week in December. 

 The Common Eider (Somaien'a mollissima). Female spen, Poole 



(Dorset), November 25th ; pair shot, Steart Island (W, Somer- 

 set), 29th. 

 The Veiatst Scoter (CEdemia fused). Four seen, Portmahnmack 



(E. Ros?), September 15th; large flocks, St. Andrews (Fife), 



October 13th. 

 The Goosander {Mergus merganser). One seen, Llnlitlipow Loch, 



November 9th and seventeen on 24th ; male seen, Llyu Og"wen 



(Carnarvon), December 25th and a pair on 27th. 

 The Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serratoi-). One seen. Salt- 

 fleet (Lincoln), September 15th ; four seen, Newbiggiii (Xortli- 



nraberland coast), October 16th. 

 The Smew {Mergus albellus). Single birds, Soulseat Loch, Inch 



(Wigtown), December 28th. 

 The Stock- Dove (Columha ceiui^). Visited Fair Isle (Siietland) on 



September 25th, 29th and 30th, and on October 24th. 

 The Quail {Cotxrnix conwmnis). Two seen, Bosham (Sussex), Sep- 

 tember 8th ; one shot, near Churnside (Berwick), October 18th. 

 The Spotted Crake {Porzana maruetta). One found under wires, 



Hampden-in-Arden (AVarwick), September 9th. 

 The Moorhen {GaUimda chhropus). One taken on boat, 40 miles E. 



of Southwold (Suffolk), November 20th. 

 The Coot {Fulica atra). Last seen, N. Roualdsay (Orkney), October 



24 th ; first arrival, Wliilley reservoir (Northumberland), December 



10th. 

 The Little Bustard {Otis fef rax). Female shot, Beckley (Sussex), 



October 21st; one arrived, Kincardineshire, about mid-December 



(shot Janunry 1st, 1912). 

 The Stone-Curlew {(EUcnemus scohjyax). Flock of fifteen seen, 



Buckholt, (Hants), September 16th; one seen, Buckholt, October 



3rd and about fifteen in a flock on 10th. 

 The Dotterel {Eudromias morincllus). One shot, Ilumberstone 



(Lincoln), September 6t]i. 

 The Caspian I'lovicr {yEgialifis asiatica). Pair shot, Roinney Marsh 



(Kent), July 13th. 

 The Avocet {liecuy-virosfra avocetta). One arrived, Breydon (Norfolk), 



July 15th, gone on 17th, 

 The Grey Fhm. arope {Phalaropus fulicarius). Single birds seen or 

 sliot, at N. AVooton (Norfolk), September 23rd ; Teesniouth 

 ( Vorkshire), 30th ; Blakeney (Norfolk), October L-^t ; Scarborough 

 (Yorkshire), 2nd; near Shrewsbury (Slir(ip>]iire),3rd; Graintliorpe 

 (Lincoln), 0th; near Cresswell (Xorthumberhind), 10th; Yarmouth 

 (Norfolk), 28th; Dunuro (Ayr), November 5th ; Girvau7th; Cow- 

 bridpe (Glamorgan), first half of November and near IloUesley 

 (SufTulk), December 15th. 



